Chris Chugunov thought about walking away from football after leaving West Virginia last spring. Describing his transfer process as “complicated,” Chugunov hadn’t signed with a new school as last summer progressed and the season approached, and he considered whether it was time to move on from the sport even though he still had two remaining seasons of collegiate eligibility. That all changed, however, when Chugunov received a call from Ryan Day, then Ohio State’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Suddenly, Chugunov had the opportunity to join one of the top college football programs in the country, and he couldn’t pass that up. Chugunov, who joined the Buckeyes just weeks before the start of the season last August, has no delusions about where he stands on Ohio State’s quarterback depth chart. While Justin Fields and Matthew Baldwin are vying for the starting quarterback job, Chugunov is in line to be the…
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